Heel



J. BURGER.

HEEL.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 5, 1919.

1,336, 1 94. Patented Apr. 6, 1920.

INVENTOR JOSEPH 51/965 TTORNEY JOSEPH BURGER, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

HEEL.

Specification of'iletters Patent.

Patented Apr. 6, 1920..

Application filed .l'uly 5, 1919. Serial No. 308,872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrn BURGER, a

citizen of the United Statesof America, and

a resident of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Heels, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing, forming a part thereof.

My present. invention relates to heels for ladies shoes and particularlyto those of the full Louis type.

The objects of the invention are to provide a light, durable andinexpensive heel structure and one which can be applied and fastened tothe shoe in accordance with'the practice which has now become standardin shoe manufacture.

Briefly, the invention consists of a body member which gives the shapeto the heel and which is in the form of a light shell :of suitablematerial, such as cast or sheet metal, aluminum for instance, and afiller within said shell, and exposed at the top or heel seat portionand at the front or breast portion of the shell, said filler being of amaterial which is permeable to an adhesive and penetrable to brads ornails. This construction provides a heel seat which can be glued to thesole while the shoe is still on the last and a breast portion to whichthe split lower half of the sole can be glued in the usual way. Also,after the adhesive has set and the shoe has been removed from the last,securing nails can be driven from inside the shoe down into the heelseatr As a further feature of the invention, this special filler ispreferably exposed also at the bottom of the heel, to enable the lift,which is ordinarily of leather, being glued and nailed directly thereto.

Other features of the invention, including a novel method of securingthe filler in place, will appear as the specification proceeds.

In the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, Ihave illustrated but one of the possible embodiments of the inventionand would have it understood that the same may be modified in variousrespects without departure from the truespirit and scope of theinvention.

In said drawing:

Figure 1 is a sectional'view of the completedheel applied to the sole ofa shoe.

Fig. 2 is a front view of the shell portion of the heel.

Fig. 8 is a sectional view of the same.

The shell. which is designated 5, is a relatively light, hollowstructure, shaped as by casting or pressing, to provide, in the presentdisclosure, the contour of a heel of the full Louis type, the same beingcharacterized, as well understood in the art, by the forwardly extendingarch portion which merges into the arch of the shoe.

This shell is shown as open at the top or heel seat portion, at 6, andas open at the forward or breast portion, at 7, and as open at thebottom, at 8.

9, designates the filler within the shell, which is shaped at the opentop of the shell to provide a heel seat of the usual form and whichfollows the contour of the edges of the open forward side of the shellto provide the breast. At the bottom the filler may he finished on flushwith the lower edge of the shell. substantially as indicated.

This filler is made of a material which forms at these exposed points, asurface which is permeable to glue or other suitable adhesive and at thesame time a body which will take and hold nails or brads such as arecommonly used in this art. I find a mixture of leather dust, rosin andsulfur, pressed into the shell while ina warm plastic state. servesexcellently in this capacity, the same hardening quickly and assuming apermanent set, as it coolsand providing a surface which is permeable toglue and a mass which is penetrable to nails.

The filler is locked in the shell, in the present disclosure, by meansof a continuous inturned angular flange 10, around the upper edge of theshell and similar coextensive flanges 11, along the forward edges of theshell, joining at the bottom with a like flange 12 around the lower edgeof the shell. In addition to securing the filler in place, thiscontinuous edge flange or flanges, braces and reinforces the shell,enablin the use of a very light gage or thickness of material.

In Fig. 1, 'I have shown how the heel of my invention can be attached tothe shoe in the same way as the woodenheel which is now generally used.In this view 13 des-' ermeates or takes into the ex osed more or lessporous surface of the filler at the heel seat and forms, as it sets, astrong and durable binder between the two.

The heel may be clamped in place while the glue is setting and thiswhile the shoe is still on the last. After application of the necessaryadhesive, the lower breast portion of the sole is brought over thebreast of the heel and pressed fast thereto. Here also the glue takesinto the exposed face of the filler and forms at this point a binderbetween the split lower part of the sole and the breast of the heel.When the glued surfaces, at 16, ,have hardened sufficiently, the shoewith the-heel firmly attached, may be removed from "the last and nailssuch as indicated at 16 can then be driven through the sole, from insidethe shoe, down into the filler. In particular, these nails can be driveninto the extreme rearward portion, at the point where the greateststrain comes on the heel, such nails, if driven quite far to the rear,striking the shell, as shown in Fig. 1, and turning to clench in thematerial of the filler. t

In similar fashion the lift 18, may be glued and then further fastenedby brads 19 driven into the exposed bottom portion of the filler.

From the .:foregoing it will be apparent that my invention provides a'heel which is light, durable and relatively inexpensive and one whichwhile possessing the advantages of the wooden heel in that it can besecured to the shoe while on the last, is free of the disadvantages ofcracking and breaking, etc., more or less common in wooden heels. It isalso an important advantage that this new heel can bemade in the fullLouis style and fastened by the breast to the split lower half of thesole. In addition to more securely fastening the heel in place thisgives the desired stylish. finish to the under-arch of the shoe. Theexposed rear-' ward portion of the heel shell may be finished in anydesired way, as by enameling or stretching a cover thereover. Anotheradvantage flowing from the construction disclosed is that a certaincushioning effect is providedby the filler which forms a supportingcolumn extending from thebottom of the heel to the heel seat. Thesomewhat porous character of the filler provides a certam resiliency andthis may be increased, as deemed, by incorporating in the filler moremetallic shell of the full shape of the back" and sides of the heel,extending from the top to the bottom of the heel and providing thecomplete contour of the heel, said shell being open at the front orbreast portion thereof andv a filler permanently secured in said' shell,said filler being exposed at said open breast portion of the shell,shaped at said exposed part to form the breast of the heel and being ofa material to which a part of the sole of the shoe may be adhesivelysecured.

2. A heel for ladies shoes comprising a metallic'shell of the full shapeof the back and sides of the heel, extending from the top to the bottomof the heel'and providing the complete contour of the heel, said shellbeing open at the front or breast portion thereof and a fillerpermanently secured in said shell, said filler being exposed at saidopen breast portion of the shell, shaped at said exposed part to formthe breast of the heel and being of a material to which a part of thesole of the shoe may be adhesively secured, the shell further being openat the top and the filler, which is permanently secured in the shell,being exposed at said open top of the shell and shaped-thereat toprovide a heel seat to be permanently secured to the sole of a shoe.

3. A heel for ladies shoes comprising a metallic shell of the full shapeof the back and sides of the heel, extending from the top to the bottomof the heel and providing the complete contour of the heel, saidshell'being open at the front or breast portion thereof, a materialpermeable to adhesive filling said shell and having a shaped breastportion exposed at the open front of the shell and inturned flanges onthe shell overlapping said filler to secure the same in place as apermanent part of the heel.

4:. A heel for ladies shoes comprising a metallic shell ofthe fullheight of the heel, closed only at the'back and open at the top, frontand bottom, a filler within said shell and inwardly projecting flangesextending along the upper, front and bottom'edges of the shell andoverlapping the filler to permanently confine the same within the shell.

5; The combination with a sole of the split type having a heeland adependent breast portion, a hollowmetallic heel shell of the full heightof the heel, open at the top and breast portions thereof and a fillerpermanently secured within said shell, permeable to adhesive and exposedand shaped at the top of the shell to form a heel seat secured to theheel portion of the sole and further exposed and shaped at the openfront of the shell to form a breast to which the breast portion of thesole is adhesively secured.

JOSEPH BURGER.

